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| Do You Have "key-recognition" In Your Vehicle?; A $90 tip for you, the hard way. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 25 2006, 04:09 PM (96 Views) | |
| pentax | Aug 25 2006, 04:09 PM Post #1 |
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My wife's 2002 Alero suddenly wouldn't start the other day - lots of juice, but turn the key and - nothing.... no click, no turning-over, nothing. Called BCAA as we are members and the tow driver was stumped, too. Sent it to our usual shop where they eventually determined the car had somehow "forgot" my wife's key (mine worked, but we didn't think of it at the time) 90 bucks to find out that if it ever happens to you, put the key in the ignition, turn it to the "ON" position, and wait 10 minutes while it reprocesses the data. (at 10 minutes, I'm guessing there's a Commodore 64 in this story somewhere! )It should then start. |
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| cmoehle | Aug 25 2006, 05:03 PM Post #2 |
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Or an abacus. 10 seconds, sounds like Windows booting up. |
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| mychrissy | Aug 25 2006, 06:54 PM Post #3 |
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Did you read the manual? Oh, Mur.......manual?
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| pentax | Aug 25 2006, 09:29 PM Post #4 |
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There is NOTHING in the manual about it. |
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| jrf | Aug 25 2006, 10:58 PM Post #5 |
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You've been on this Earth how long and you still need a key??? My next car is not gonna have locks. That only invites broken windows. And Key heck, I've worn out keys. I want a toggle switch or maybe something on the floor I can push with my foot. |
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| pentax | Aug 26 2006, 01:41 AM Post #6 |
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This was not the lock in the door, jrf, it was the ignition. |
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| cmoehle | Aug 26 2006, 06:39 AM Post #7 |
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"And Key heck, I've worn out keys. I want a toggle switch or maybe something on the floor I can push with my foot." Sounds like the good old days.
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